The Fieldmaster was designed by Desmond Norman, co-designer of the popular BN-2 Islander, for agricultural and firefighting applications. A promising but ultimately unsuccessful design, the Fieldmaster featured a titanium hopper of 2555 litres (562 imp.gals.) capacity in the agricultural role, and a scoop system which allowed it to refill its water tank in flight by way of a retractable boom which extended below the water surface when the aircraft’s wheels were 10’ above the surface enabling the tank to be refilled in one minute. Until recently several Fieldmasters were still in use on agricultural contracts abroad.

G-NRDC             c/n 004              United Kingdom

2 seat agricultural aircraft first flown in 1981